Artist Talk by SAR's 2024 Eric and Barbara Dobkin Native Artist Fellow, Carly Feddersen

Carly Feddersen, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, is an early-career artist with a concentration in jewelry and traditional Plateau twined basketry. A trained metalsmith, Carly received her bachelor of fine arts degree from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in 2016. Her work can be found in museum collections including the Heard Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA), Eiteljorg Museum, Portland Art Museum, and others.
The Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) offers three artist-in-residence fellowships annually to advance the work of established and emerging Native American artists. These fellowships provide artists time and space to explore new avenues of creativity, grapple with new ideas to further advance their work, and strengthen their existing talents. At the end of each fellowship, the artists give a presentation about their work and host an open studio at SAR.
SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH
Established in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) advances creative thought and innovative work in the social sciences, humanities, and Native American arts. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a leader in community-advised and collaborative Indigenous arts engagement and collections management. Through scholar residency, seminar, and artist fellowship programs, SAR Press publications, and a range of public programs, SAR facilitates intellectual inquiry and human understanding. SAR’s historic sixteen-acre campus sits on the ancestral lands of the Tewa people in O’gah’poh geh Owingeh or Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.
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